Delhi doctors unimpressed by AAP's performance-charting app

The Delhi government’s decision to monitor the daily performance of doctors through a mobile application has not gone down well with the medical fraternity.

According to senior government officials, doctors from Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital and Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital have conveyed their disinterest in using the mobile application.

For administrative duties, doctors have to specify the number of meetings - if any - that they attended, number of files they “disposed” of, and other tasks.

Doctors from Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital (pictured) were less-than-positive about the application

They also have to specify the number, nature and duration of classes they took and the number of students who attended these lectures.

“The plan to monitor doctor’s work through a mobile application is not at all justified. We have prepared a representation and will soon be submitting it to the government. We condemn the entire plan,” a senior doctor from DDU told Mail Today.

“We are dealing with a large number of patients on a daily basis. Sometimes, a patient takes a lot of time and we end up dealing with a single case only. How is it justified to calculate our work by looking at the number of patients? We do not agree with this concept and will reach out to the government,” a senior doctor from Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar hospital told Mail Today.

The Delhi government recently issued a notice to all hospitals asking them to use the web-based monitoring system.

“Many doctors have approached us and expressed their stand on the newly introduced mobile application. Though, everyone was supposed to update it by January 20, they have not started using the application so far. The application is gaining a lot of controversy,” a senior government official told Mail Today.